This Cooperative Agreement award from the U.S. Department of Energy's Office of Fossil Energy and Carbon Management (CFDA 81.089 - Fossil Energy Research and Development) provides $1,842,070.00 to the Regents of the University of Michigan to validate and verify the field deployment of novel flare and emissions monitoring technologies. The award, which runs from January 13, 2025 to September 30, 2028, supports research and development efforts aimed at minimizing the environmental impacts of...
The Department of Energy Advanced Research Projects Agency awarded a $2.278 million cooperative agreement to the University of Michigan under the Advanced Research Projects Agency - Energy program (CFDA 81.135) to provide quantitative characterization of methane sources and demonstrate high-efficiency methane conversion technology at an oil and gas field site. Through the three-year project period from November 2022 to October 2025, the University of Michigan will work with sub-awardee Southwest...
This Cooperative Agreement award from the Department of Energy's Advanced Research Projects Agency - Energy (ARPA-E) Federal Grant Program (CFDA #81.135) provides $2,467,817 to Michigan Technological University to support energy reduction and improved critical mineral recovery from low-grade disseminated sulphide deposits and mine tailings. The University will work with the University of Utah and the University of Nevada, Reno on sub-awards to extract energy-relevant minerals like nickel and...
The Department of Energy awarded a $750,000 Project Grant under the Office of Science Financial Assistance Program (CFDA 81.049) to the Regents of the University of Michigan, effective September 1, 2024 through August 31, 2025. The grant supports research on "CATALYTIC UPGRADING OF RENEWABLE FEEDSTOCKS", with a focus on developing ligands, metal complexes, investigating catalytic reactions, and examining reaction mechanisms, as well as the investigation of photochemical activation of...
This Cooperative Agreement award from the U.S. Department of Energy's (DOE) Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy (EERE) under the Conservation Research and Development (CFDA 81.086) Federal Grant Program provides $1,271,416.00 to the Regents of the University of Michigan to develop a novel pultruded composite material for lightweight vehicle structural components. The project aims to advance energy efficiency and decarbonization technologies in the transportation sector, supporting...
This Cooperative Agreement award, provided by the U.S. Department of Energy's (DOE) Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy under the Renewable Energy Research and Development program (CFDA 81.087), is intended to utilize community asset mapping as an innovative approach to defining community benefits for hydrogen energy projects in Southwest Detroit. The $748,858 award will fund a 3-year project with the following key goals: 1) drafting a community asset map to inform community benefit...
This $900,000 Cooperative Agreement award from the Department of Energy's (DOE) Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy Information Dissemination, Outreach, Training and Technical Analysis/Assistance program (CFDA 81.117) will fund the Michigan State University Building Training and Assessment Center (MI-BTAC) initiative. The program aims to develop and implement a high school-level training curriculum focused on energy efficiency retrofits, energy auditing, and sustainable building technologies....
This federal Cooperative Agreement award, provided by the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) under the Research and Technology Development program (CFDA 12.910), is funding a project titled "Biological Undersea Energy (BLUE) Biological Technologies Office Broad Agency Announcement" at Michigan Technological University. The total award amount is $2,939,730.00 with a period of performance from October 1, 2024 to June 30, 2026. The project aims to develop a system for...
This $9.4 million Cooperative Agreement, awarded by the U.S. Department of Energy's (DOE) Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy (EERE) under the Conservation Research and Development (CFDA 81.086) program, will fund research, development, and prototype or pilot-scale technology validation and demonstration activities focused on cross-sector approaches for industrial decarbonization. The award recipient, Resource Chemical Corp, will explore strategies to increase efficiency and...
The Department of Energy's Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy awarded a $3,274,432 Cooperative Agreement under the Conservation Research and Development (CFDA 81.086) program to Western Michigan University. The objective of this 26-month project is to develop a 150 kilowatt traction power charger-inverter system with galvanic isolation capability. The university will conduct research and development to advance this multi-input integrated smart charger-inverter system, which can...